Tauscher Navy Veteran Killed in Action at Pearl Harbor
Arnold Michael Tauscher, 31, a 15 year Navy veteran from La Crosse, was killed on December 24. He served at Pearl Harbor during World War II and was born to Charles and Margaret Tauscher. His body will be sent to La Crosse for burial.
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Arnold Michael Tauscher
Oscar Tauscher
South 17Th Street
Tauscher
Pearl Harbor
Gan
la Crosse
Tauscher Charles
Margaret Tauscher
Plan to Hoard Ban Puts Focus on 55 Vital Materials
A new civil defense book warns that enemy use of nerve gas or germs could halt U S atomic weapon production or paralyze the Pentagon. It details biological, chemical, and radiological warfare, methods to save the wounded, and actions if bodies must be handled after attacks.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
Pentagon
Civilian Defense Administration
Civil Defense Administration
CDA
United States
Hanford
Oak Ridge
Los Alamos
La Crosse Grid Team Welcomed in Tampa for Cigar Bowl
La Crosse State football players arriving for the Cigar Bowl in Tampa receive a festive welcome from Shrine committee members and Latin Fiesta queen Helen Setacassi. The team, 60 strong, faces six days of activities including a rough scrimmage and a Spanish dinner before practicing.
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Tampa
Fla
la Crosse State
Valparaiso University
Shrine
Tampa University
Capitol Airlines
Knoxville
Atlanta
Badger
Tampa City
Floridan
South
Clark van Galder
Plantfield
Las Novadades
Valparaiso
Chicago
Thomas Jefferson
Crusaders
Indiana Squad
U S Bans Hoarding Of 55 Essential Defense Materials
The national production authority prohibits accumulation of 55 scarce items beyond reasonable demands and bans resale at above market prices. Violators face up to $19,000 fines and a year in prison. The order extends an earlier 26-item inventory control rule to include households and sets up a list for future additions.
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U. S
Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
La Crosse County Highway Plan Approved by State Commission
The La Crosse County board won state highway commission approval for a $1,108,000 trunk highway improvement plan. It includes $708,000 in state and federal funds and a $400,000 county bond issue to finance parts of Highways 53 and 162, with bonds retired over five years starting 1953.
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Madison
Wis
A Crosse
la Crosse County
State Highway Commission
la Crosse
Onalaska
Holmen Road
Middle Ridge-Bangor
U S Attorney Harvey Carey Suspended in Louisiana
U S Attorney General McGrath suspended Harvey L. Carey from the Western District of Louisiana. Carey is on temporary leave while a Justice Department inquiry proceeds into alleged misconduct in his office. McGrath refused to detail the allegations or confirm earlier bribe remarks.
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Washington
McGrath
Harvey L. Carey
U. S. Attorney
Western District of
Louisi
Justice Department
Shreveport
Northeast Endures Bitter Cold Wave Lingers
The Associated Press reports Thursday's frigid conditions persist in the northeast with severe readings in New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Ohio. A gradual warmup is forecast though midwestern temperatures rise above zero while the south remains cold and fuel cuts affect Ohio Michigan and Pennsylvania industriales.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Rockies
New York State
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Grantsburg
Minneapolis
Plains States
North Central
South
Gulf
South Atlantic
Florida
Michigan
Cleveland
New York
Upstate
La Crosse Public Schools Reopen January 3
Public schools in the La Crosse city district will reopen Wednesday morning January 3 after the Christmas recess. The district includes the two French Island schools and Elm Grove in addition to city schools as announced by Sept. M. G Batho on Thursday morning.
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la Crosse City
G Batho
French Island
Elm Grove
Weather forecast for La Crosse area
In La Crosse and vicinity light snow early tonight then colder late. Friday partly cloudy and colder. Lows tonight around 8 in the city and 6 in the country. Friday’s high near 16.
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la Crosse
Allied Forces Brace Along 150 Mile Line in Korea
General MacArthur warned of a Chinese push with up to 19 divisions near Seoul as UN forces brace along a 150 mile line. He noted six Chinese corps in position and anticipated coordinated attacks by Jan 10, while air forces hammered Red troops behind lines and MiG-15s and fighters engaged near North Korea.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
MacArthur
China
Eorth
Eighth Army
Seoul
U. S
Far East Air Forces
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Winter Rail Test Aims to Boost Ore Shipments
A test of winter ore movement by rail from Monroe open pit to U S Steel mills in Ohio Pennsylvania and Illinois seeks to gauge if thawing equipment can unload frozen ore. Oliver Iron Mining plans possible 400 car daily rail shipments if successful and to bridge lake shipment shortfalls.
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Chisholm
Minn
Eastern Mills
Monroe Open Pit
Here
U. S. Steel Mills
Youngstown
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Oliver Iron Mining Co
R. T. Elstad
Oliver
Great Lakes
Elstad
Marine Freezing Feet In Korean War Back Home On Leave
Pfc. Robert Warner home on 15 day leave after Korea ordeal. Feet frozen near Changjin reservoir in 44 degrees below zero. he feared possible amputation. Previously wounded in shoulder, trained at Paris Island and San Diego, served with the Fifth Marines, later stationed at Vallejo and Great Lakes before returning to La Crosse. He recalls Koreans as backward but grateful.
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Pfc
Robert Warner
Santa
Korea
Claude J. Warner
Johnson Street
Changjin Reservoir
Warner
Hungham
Otsu
Japan
Vallejo
Calif
Great Lakes
la Crosse
India
Central High
Tribune
Pheote Pic
Fifth Marines
Johnson
Government clears way for huge buildup of factory production
The NSRB approves 32 defense plant expansion programs for tax benefits including a $351.4 million Morrisville Pennsylvania steel mill by U S Steel. It aims to add 1.8 million ingot tons yearly, roughly two percent of U S production, with other projects at Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co and Geneva Steel in Salt Lake City boosting output.
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Washington
National Security Resources Board
U. S. Steel Corporation
Morrisville
NSRB
America
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
Fire Destroys Farm Home in Rockland Area
A large two story frame house occupied by Mr and Mrs Laverne Greene was burned Wednesday night seven miles west of Sparta in Monroe County near the La Crosse county line. Firefighters from Bangor Burns and a Sparta mobile unit fought the blaze, saving furniture from the first floor while losses occurred on the second floor and in the basement.
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Rockland
Wis
la Crosse
Monroe
Laverne Greene
Edna Hebron
Onalaska
Big Creek
Sparta
Highway 16
Monroe County
la Crosse County
Greenes
Paul Wegner
Bangor
Greene
Burns
Irv Edwards
Bill Lahm
Edwards
Woman noted for restoration work in Green Bay dies
Mrs. R. C. Buchanan of Green Bay is dead at 73. She led efforts to restore historic sites including the Cotton House Tank Cottage and Fort Howard. A founder of the local museum and antiquarian society she was honored by the State Historical Society and cited by France for Red Cross work in World War I.
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Green Bay
Wis
R. C. Buchanan
Tank Cottage
Fort Howard
Women’s Auxiliary
The
State Historical Society
Buchanan
Art Club
Antiquarian Society
France
Red Cross
U. S. Fighting Man Named Man of the Year by Time
Time magazine selects the U S fighting man as its first symbol rather than a specific person for the annual Man of the Year in the January 1 issue. The grim faced soldier cover represents all U S armed forces.
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U. S
Magazine
New York
Time Magazine
Weekly News
March Draft Quota Set At 80 000
The army issued a draft call for 80,000 men in March, bringing total drafts since Korea to 450,000. Navy air force and marines will not call in March, leaving the army to build a 24 division combat force by next July 1.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Baby Abandoned In Parking Lot Found In Wis City
A three to five day old baby girl was found Wednesday in the front seat of a bank employee's car in a Waureka Wi parking lot. The infant was warmly dressed and unharmed. Authorities say there are no clues to the child's identity.
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Waukesha
Wis
Parallel 38 Written In Blood Red Across U S History Now
Relman Morin analyzes the Korean War turn as Red China joins the conflict. He notes Parallel 38 was a World War II phase line, not an international boundary, and explains its evolution into a de facto border with two Korean states. Chinese threats and mobilization followed as UN forces advanced toward the parallel.
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U. S
Orient
Korea
Eighth Army
Peiping
Chou En-lai
China
Mukden
New York
Parallel 38 and the Korean War pivot line debate
The text discusses whether UN forces should have halted at the 38th parallel and if Chinese involvement would have stayed neutral had the Eighth Army kept south of it. It frames a difficult historical question about strategic choices and broader implications.
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United Nations
Eighth Army
North Korea frost bite leaves Pfc. Smith a quadruple amputee
Pfc. Robert Smith of Middleburg Pennsylvania arrived at Walter Reed after severe cold in North Korea cost him both legs below the knees and both hands. His mother Mrs. Clara Smith plans to visit him Thursday. Smith, who was slightly wounded near Chosin reservoir on November 27, is depicted as a reluctant interviewee during transport. He is the Korean war’s only quadruple amputee so far, with prior World War II cases noted.
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Washington
Robert Smith
Middleburg
Walter Reed Hospital
Clara Smith
Korea
Smith
Chosin Reservoir
Eleanor A. Geovanelile
St. Mary’s
Geovanelle
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Bernadette Fahrenkopf
Westover
West Coast
James W.jimmy Wilson
Boulder
Colo
Pay Last Tributes To General Walker Ceremony At Haneda
Tokyo reports high ranking officers and diplomats will pay respects to Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker at Haneda airfield. His body will be flown to Arlington National Cemetery for burial after funeral rites. Walker commanded the U S Eighth Army in Korea and died in a jeep accident Saturday.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Walton H. Walker
Haneda Airfield
United States
Arlington National Cemetery
Walker
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
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Joyce Wilson
St. Petersburg
Lassie
Tampa Bay
TC Grid
Ken Blanchard
Pyongyang
South Korea
38Th Parallel
Chongong
Chunchon
State
Tribune Madison Bureau
Atty. Gen. McGrath
Clen Clements
Oman
Paris
Relman Morin
Morin
Red
By Relman Morin
Pfc. Smith
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